Ever since she was a small child, Gloria Paar always wanted to be a teacher. And for 50 years she lived that dream, first in Baltimore City public schools and later as a nursery school teacher in Catonsville, MD. Although she officially retired from teaching in 2001, Gloria has continued volunteering, helping kids through Bridging Generations, a program that teams up volunteers from Charlestown retirement community with students from Lansdowne Elementary School.

"I have always enjoyed little children and wanted to continue working with them, so Bridging Generations was a good fit for me," says Gloria. "It's easy to...

NOVI, MI (September 30, 2014) - Michael McCormick, the Executive Director of Fox Run in Novi, MI, today talked congenial "smack" and made a friendly bet on the outcome of the American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles with his Baltimore-area counterparts at Charlestown (Catonsville, MD) and Oak Crest (Parkville, MD).

CATONSVILLE, MD (September 22, 2014) -- The Charlestown Tennis Team competed in Riderwood's annual tennis tournament in Silver Spring, MD, on Wednesday, September 17, and it came home with a clean sweep of 1st place wins in Men's, Women's and Mixed Doubles.

CATONSVILLE, MD (September 11, 2014) -- Environments for Aging has named Charlestown retirement community's Terrace Café as its Best in Category award winner for the 6th annual Remodel/Renovation Competition , which this year focused on resident amenity projects.

A Sunday afternoon, September 14, Civil War-era baseball game (played with period game rules and uniforms) in which Charlestown retirement community residents in Catonsville will take the field with the Excelsior Baseball Team of Ann Arundel County, to play the Philadelphia Athletics. This vintage game will be played on the baseball field in front of Our Lady of the Angels Chapel on the Charlestown campus. Its purpose is to:

Root the 1st Place AL East Baltimore Orioles onto the World Series Celebrate the love of baseball when the game was played in its formative years Honor the 200th...

The Charlestown team not only brought home a top three award, but its placed in all three judges choice awards. And for the first time it also received a People's Choice Award for an entry in the "Alternative Crab Soup" category.

Charlestown competed against 16 other competitors that included local restaurants and caterers that specializes in seafood....

CATONSVILE, MD (September 8, 2014) - Charlestown retirement community has received approval from Baltimore County to raze four outdated buildings that serve as residences on its campus and replace them with two updated buildings along with a parking lot expansion.

The construction will cost $70 million, with the first of the two development phases to cost approximately $40 million.

The new buildings will provide 87 short-term rehabilitation and long term care units, 114 assisted living plus memory care units and 96 assisted living units to a total of 321 residents, according to the development plan. The 297 units...

CATONSVILLE, MD (August 26, 2014) - Residents and staff of Charlestown retirement community will participate September 1 - 30 in a "Walk Across America" fitness project in which they will keep track of the time -- and distances -- they walk. They will walk each day in and around their 110-acre campus in Catonsville, MD. They will be able to count time spent in gardening, exercise classes, golfing, and swimming. Health tips and factoids will be delivered to residents and staff. A celebration on the last day of September will tabulate results and determine if residents, or if staff, walked...

CATONSVILLE, MD (August 11, 2014) - Charlestown retirement community residents and staff donated $1,000 and 10 large boxes of school supplies - crayons, #2 pencils, glue sticks, erasers, scissors, and notebooks - during a two-week project for Riverview Elementary School This project was sponsored by the Erickson Living Values Team and the Fab 40 group to help low-income students who attend the school. Many Charlestown residents volunteer throughout the year at the school. "This was an opportunity for a resident-run group and a staff group to come together and raise money and supplies for a great cause," said Amy Sarro,...